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Month: August 2016

Thunderbird saves all the personal data which includes messages, preferences and vital security information such as username password in files which are called as profile and are kept separately from program files. “Default” is the name of profile which is created and used automatically on installation of Thunderbird. One of the salient feature is one…

You can identify below possible causes If Thunderbird displays an error message when you try to send mail. 1)Firewalls and antivirus software Check if your firewall or antivirus program is not blocking Thunderbird. With a classic firewall you can set a rule that states the application is allowed to connect to the Internet. However, many firewalls/security…

Local Folders are situated in the profile folder of Thunderbird. It uses a unique profile for every user. The first time you start any Mozilla application, it will automatically create a default profile. Location can be found below for various operating systems. Operating system Profile folder location(s) Windows NT (NT4.x/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10) “%APPDATA%\Mozilla\” Windows 95 (without Desktop Update)…

Though I don’t recommend this but sometimes we require to move Thunderbird profiles. Follow below steps to do that: a) Shut down Thunderbird. b) Move the profile folder to the desired location. c) Open up the profiles.ini file in a text editor. you can find the file location in the application data folder for Thunderbird:…

There are 2 methods to backup Thunderbird profiles If your existing profile folder and profile backup folder have the same name. Shutdown the Thunderbird Email. replace the existing profile folder with the profile backup, then start Thunderbird. If the profile folder names do not match or if you want to move or restore a profile…

In order to back up your profile, close Thunderbird, if it is open and then copy the profile folder to another location. Shut down Thunderbird. Locate your profile folder, as explained in this article. Go to one level above your profile’s folder, i.e. to %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ Right-click on your profile folder (e.g. default), and select Copy. Right-click the backup location and…

Please follow below steps to find profile. Click on the menu button or menu bar. From the Help menu, click Troubleshooting Information. In the Application Basics section, Profile Folder, click on Show Folder. The Windows Explorer window will show the name of the profile as well as the path to it.

Thunderbird Email stores profiles separately from its personal programs files. It has several advantages in this way. If, somehow Thunderbird is corrupted or we need to uninstall it, we don’t lose our message and settings. We also don’t require to re-install Thunderbird Email. Each profile is stored in profile folder and uses following convention. <random_string>.<profile_name>…

When we install Thunderbird, it creates a profile automatic for you. Profile stores two types of Info It stores local mail and copies of the messages based upon account configuration. It stores any changes we make while using Thunderbird Email e.g. changes to password, settings etc.

A Few Days ago, my Hotmail account configured in Thunderbird stopped working. I tried various things but nothing happen to working for me. At last I found something which helped me cracking the issue I want to share with you guys. It was about 2 step verification process introduced by Microsoft for extra security to…